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BENEFICE CONSTITUE VEUF [1 record]

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Record 1 2012-11-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Property Law (common law)
CONT

At common law, the husband, on marriage, became seized of his wife's freeholds "jure uxoris". Upon the actual birth of issue capable of inheriting such freeholds, he acquired the right, should he survive his wife, to remain seized thereof after the death of his wife; that is, he became entitled to curtesy initiate. (Mendes da Costa and Balfour, 1982, p. 727).

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit des biens et de la propriété (common law)
OBS

bénéfice constitué du veuf : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation dans le cadre du Programme national de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

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